Can you spin a multi-engine piston airplane with asymmetrical thrust?

I asked the asymmetrical question to a former USAF Test Pilot and CO of a Test Sqdr, he said that the asymmetrical thrust will create the yawning motion necessary for a spin. During further discussion there was distinction between what most consider a spin vs a fully developed spin in that to fully develop it has to progress beyond the stage of what appears to be a rollover.

In the video posted by Cap'n Ron at about the 6:00 mark, I find it interesting that flight testing revealed that the Model 76 Duchess tended to resist the spin with only the application of one engine at idle and the other at full power.

So I think the answer is: it depends.
 
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